Bedstead and other furniture



S. B. GAMBLE.

BEDSTEAD AND OTHER FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB, 24, 1921- Patented Jan. 31, 1922. I2} 1 lNl/EN we TANLEYBEHOA IN meme 0 Y U TE!) SEAS STANLEY BENJAMIN GAMBLE, or WEST PERTH, WESTERN A'UsTrtA IAQAUSTRA IA'.

- BEDSTEAD AND ormm' FURNITURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 24, 1921. Serial Ira-447515.

other articles of furniture; and the invention I has for its object to provide improved fittings of this kind which are particularly applicable for connecting the frame of a spring mattress with the usual wooden bedposts.

According tothe invention the socket-portion ofthe dovetail fitting isso mounted on the'part whereby it is carried as to. be adjustable transversel thereof. v

Preferably-the plug and the socket portions ofjthe fittings are each formedwitha wedge-like protrusionad'apted to coact with the faceof theiother portion to ensure a rigid conneetiom 1 v The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying .drawings of which Figure 1 is an. elevation of a socket member, Figure 2' is an elevationof aplug 'member as used on a wooden side bar, Figure 3 is a sectional elevation ofthe socket and plug members in engagement. Figures 4 and 5; and Figures 6- and 7, are respectively side and end elevations of a plug member in use (Fi'gure's l and 5) onangle iron: and (Figuresfi and 7) round iron side bars,- and Figures 8 and 9 are respectively side and end elevations of a modified form of plug mem- ,ber adapted to be used with a wooden side ar. I The socket member shown in Figures 1 and 3 is attached'to a bedpost a and comprises two parts, a socket plate I) and a retaining plate a, the former being-pressed from a vtrapezoidal sheet of metal so that the taperinglateral margins 11, d are each bent overto form 'a groove and a transverse slot 6 is punched intermediately. of its length,

The retaining plate 0 is formed from a rectangular metal strip cranked near its ends as at f so as to form a fiatarch. capable of accommodating behind it. the length and thickness of the socket plate-b and punched near one end of said arch to form a, wedgelike'outward protrusion g. g

V The flatmiddleportion of the socketplate bolts t which is secured'in position at each end by screws h,-h and a screw j is passedthrough the retaining'plate c and the transverse slot c in the socket plate I to act as an extra support Patented Jan; 31,1922.

I?) is mounted behind; the retainingplate 0 The holein the retaining plate 0 through which the screw .7 passes is punched outto form a countersinkfor therscrewf j and a to form a guide therefor.

ures 2 to 7 and comprises a pair ofsimila'r superposed bracket platesl, [shaving the projection 7c which engages the slot 6 so as A p ug member for use with the socket vmember bove described isgshown in g marginal portions of two similar. adjacent pair of similar sides on, m i s formed with tapering edges so as to be adapted to engage sides bent in oppositedirections at rioht V angles to the plane of the plates Z, Z. ne

with the'socket membena and each side/m ls punched out near the top as at n to form a wedge like outward projectionadaptedv to engage and coact with the surface ofthe refrictional engagement.

8' 'taining platec' to hold .the two portionsj n In Figures 2 and 3 thetside bar olhasa 3 vertical longitudinally extendingfsaw cut.

into which the: bracket plates, Z, Zare slidden so that the tapering marginal portions m,

m are spaced from the end of the bar oadistance equal to or greater than the thickness ofthe margins d, (Z otthe socketyplateb and so that the other pair of bent over marginal portions 72, p of the plug member lie on the upper surface ofthebar 0.' The plug member is secured to thebar o 'by means of screwssuch as g passing through the'portions 79,125 a boltr passing through the bar o n and engaging the ends of the portions 10, p

anda pin or rivet s passing transversely through the banoandthebracket plates Z, Z

The method of connecting theplug member to anangle iron side bar 0-. isshewnin Figures t 'a nd 5 and is similar to that described ex'ceptingfthat no saw-cut is required and the iron 0' and are secured thereto by means of e In Figures-6: an 7 as tater ea are 'portionsgp underlie the top offtheangle v has a longitudinal saw-cut into which the bracket plates Z; Z 1 -S1idden,' and. the portions pypoar'e bentaround and scre'wed' to said tubular bar 0 a bolt r being also provided as in thecas'eof a wooden side bar. 1

l Am'odified; plug member isshewn in Fig- '7 ures 8 and 9 and is formed from a Hat metal plate a of trapezoidal shape, an extension *0 at each end being bent over so as to be adapted to engage the upper and lower surfaces of a side bar 0. A countersunk hole w is punched in thetrapezoidal face a of the plug member so that when mounted on the side bar 0, the plate a Will be held spaced therefrom by the projection of the countersink w. A wedge-like outward protrusion n is also punched in the trapezoidal surface a. The bent over ends 1), '0 are secured to the side bar 0 by a bolt 1* passing vertically through the latter.

Engagement between the plug and socket members is obtained in the usual manner, with the exception that any small variation in the dimensions of the parts to which the respective members of the fitting are at tached may be readily compensated for by sliding the socket plate beneath its retaining plate in the requisite direction.

I claim l. A sheet metal dovetail fitting for connecting together two elements, comprising a socket portion and a plug portion, said socket portion being slidably and automatically adjustable transversely of the element where'on it is mounted after said socket portion has been mounted on said element.

2. A sheet metal dovetail fitting for connecting a side bar of a bedstead with a bedpost, comprising a socket portion and a plug portion, tapering marginal portions on said socket portion, said marginal portions being bent over and forming oppositely disposed grooves, and means connected with said socket portion for retaining said portion on said bedpost, said means being adapted to give said portion limited transverse movement relatively to said bedpost after said means has been secured to said bedpost.

3. A sheet metal dovetail fitting for con- .necting a side. bar of a bedstead with a bedpost, comprising a socket portion and a plug portion, bent over tapering marginal portions on said socket portion, said socket portion being apertured transversely intermediate of its length, a rectangular retaining plate, cranked portions on said retainlng plate near each end thereof, screws through said retaining plate disposed one at each end thereof and one intermediate of the length thereof, said retaining plate being secured to said bedpost by means of said screws, a portion of said socket por 1 ,aoasrs taining plate, means for securing said retaining plate to said bedpost, said plate being adapted to overlie a part of said socket portion, a resilient wedge-like protrusion on said flat retaining plate, said protrusion being disposed on the outer face and normally lower part of said flat retaining plate.

5. A sheet metal dovetail fitting for connecting a side bar of a bedstead with a bed post, comprising a socket portion and a plug portion, tapering marginal portions on said plug portion, means for securing said plug portion to the end of said side bar, said means retaining said plug portion parallel with and in spaced relation to the end face of said side bar, a flat surface on said plug member, a resilient wedge-like protrusion on said fiat surface, said projection being disposed on the flat outer face and normally upper part of said plug portion.

6. A sheet metal dovetail fitting for connecting a side bar of a bedstead with a bed post, comprising a socket portion and a' plug portion, said plug portion being formed by a pair of bracket plates having similar marginal portions which are bent transversely in opposite directions andform a trapezoidal plate adapted to engage with said socket portion, and means for securing said plug portion to said sidebar.

7. A sheet metal dovetail fitting for connecting a side bar of a bedstead with a bedpost, comprising a socket portion and a plug portion, said plug portion being formed by a pair of bracket plates having marginal portions bent transversely in opposite directions and form a trapezoidal plate, and said bracket plates having other marginal portions bent transversely in opposite directions and forming a rectangular plate in a plane at right angles to that of the trapezoidal plate, means for securing said'bracket plates to said side bar and means for securing said rectangular plate to said side bar. ,7

8. A sheet metal dovetail fitting for connecting a side bar of a bedstead with a bedpost, comprising a socket portion and a plug portion, said plug portion being formed by a pair of bracket plates having transversely and oppositely bent pairs of marginal portions, screws in one of said pairs of marginal portions and a bolt passing through said pair of bracket plates and said side bar.

portion, said plug portion being formed by a pair of bracket plates, transversely and 0ppositely bent pairs of marginal portions on said bracket plates, resilient wedge like pro trusions on one of said'oppositely bent pairs of marginal portions, said protrusions being d sed 91; the tte fa e and. n rmal y pplate to said bedpost, said plate being adaptper part of said marginal portions, and means for securing said bracket plates to the end of said side bar.

10. A sheet metal dovetail fitting for connecting the side bar of a bedstead with a bed-- post, comprising a socket portion and a plug portion, bent over tapering marginal portions on said socket portion, means connected plug portion in spaced parallel relation to the end face of said side bar.

- 11. A sheet metal dovetail fitting for con-' necting the side bar of a bedstead with a bedpost, comprising a socket portion and a plug portion, bent over tapering marginal portions on said socket portion, a retaining plate, means for securing said retaining ed to overlie a part of said socket portion, tapering marginal portions on said plug portion, means for securing said plug portion in spaced parallel relation to the end face of said side bar, said retaining plate and said plug portion having oppositely disposed faces, resilient protrusions on said faces, the

. protrusions on one face being adapted to coact with the other face.

12. A sheet metal dovetail fitting for connecting the sidebar of a bedstead with a bedpost, comprising a socket portion and a plug portion, bent over tapering marginal portions on said socket portion, a retaining plate, means for securing said retaining plate to said bedpost, said plate being adapted to overlie part of said socket portion, a resilient wedge-like protrusion on said plate, said protrusion being disposed on the outer face and normally lower part of said plate, tapering marginal-portions on said plug portions, resilient wedge-like protrusions on said plug portion, said protrusions being disposed'on l the outer face and'normally upper part of said plug portion, transverse extensions disposed one at each end of said plug portion, a bolt passing through said transverse extensions and through said side bar, and means for retaining said plug portion in spaced parallel relation to. the end face of said side bar.

13. A sheet metal dovetail'fitting for connecting the side bar of a bedstead with a bedpost, comprising a socket portion and a plug portion, bent over tapering marginal portions on said socket portion, a retaining plate, means for securing said retaining plate to said bed post, said retaining plate being adapted to overlie part of said socket portion, said plug portion being formed by a pair of bracket plates'having similar mar ginal portions which are bent transversely in opposite directions and which form a trapezoidal plate, means for securing said plug portion to said side bar,said retaining plate and said trapezoidal plate having oppo sitely disposed faces, iresilient wedge like protrusions onsaid faces, the protrusions on one face being adapted to coact with the other face.

14. A sheet metal I I necting a side bar of a bedstead with a bedpost, comprising a socket portion and a plug dovetail fitting for conportion, tapering marginal portions on said socket portion, said marginal portions being bent over and forming oppositely disposed.

grooves, said socket portion being apertured transversely intermediate of its length, a rectangular retaining plate, cranked portions on said retaining plate near each end thereof, said retaining plate being adapted to overlie that part of said socket portion between said marginal portions, screws passing one through each end of said-retaining plate and one through a point intermediate of the length of said plate and through said'tr'anssaid protrusions being disposed on the outer face and normally upper part of said trapezoidal plate, other marginal portions on said bracket plates bent transversely in opposite directions and forming a rectangular plate in a plane at right angles to that of I said trapezoidal plate; and means for securing said bracket plates and said rectangular plate to said side bar. V

' STANLEY BENJAMIN GAMBLE. 

